Title :
Homodyne Linear Crosstalk Impact in an Array Waveguide Router as an OADM for WDM Networks
Author :
Karfaa, Yasin M. ; Ismail, M. ; Abbou, F.M. ; Shaari, S.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi
fDate :
Oct. 29 2006-Dec. 1 2006
Abstract :
Performance analysis is carried out to evaluate the bit error rate (BER) performance limitation of a WDM transmission system imposed by crosstalk due to array waveguide grating routing multiplexer/demultiplexer. Power penalty evaluated at a BER of 109 shows a significant impact of crosstalk on the number of wavelengths that can be connected to the AWG. Penalty is higher at higher input power, higher number of channels and higher bit rates used for transmission.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; homodyne detection; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; AWG; OADM; WDM; array waveguide grating routing; array waveguide router; bit error rate; homodyne linear crosstalk; multiplexer/demultiplexer; power penalty; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bit error rate; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical waveguides; Performance analysis; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; bit error rate; waveguide grating router; wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Electronics, 2006. ICSE '06. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9730-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9731-2
DOI :
10.1109/SMELEC.2006.381073
